The governing body of a city which has a city job development authority shall establish a city job development authority fund and may levy a tax not exceeding the limitation in subsection 12 of section 57-15-10. In the year for which the levy is sought, a job development authority or industrial development organization seeking approval of a property tax levy under this chapter must file with the city auditor, at a time and in a format prescribed by the city auditor, a financial report for the preceding calendar year showing the ending balances of each fund held by the job development authority or industrial development organization during that year. The city auditor shall keep the job development authority fund separate from other money of the city and transmit all funds received under this section within thirty days to the board of directors of the city job development authority. The funds when paid to the city job development authority must be deposited in a special account in which other revenues of the city job development authority are deposited and may be expended by the city job development authority as provided in sections 40-57.4-02 and 40-57.4-03.

In lieu of establishing a job development authority, the governing body of a city where an active industrial development organization exists may levy a tax not exceeding the limitation in subsection 12 of section 57-15-10. The funds from the alternative levy may be used to enter into a contract with the industrial development organization for performance of the functions of a city job development authority.